- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rayna
Rayna Smith is a licensed clinician with an MD and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) and about 10 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and intimacy issues, and parenting challenges. She centers her work on each person's strengths and views clients as experts in their own stories.
Rayna aims for a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She uses practical conversation and goal-setting to guide change rather than long lectures or jargon. Her background brings together several therapy approaches. Rayna blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods.
She also draws on motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas when they fit a client's needs. In day-to-day work she helps people handle anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. She also supports those dealing with attachment problems, codependency, communication breakdowns, and parenting strain.
Rayna works with concerns like anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and coping with life changes. Rayna practices in Maryland and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative: she helps people set goals, tries practical strategies, and adjusts plans based on what actually helps.
She encourages small steps that fit each person's life and schedule.
What Rayna works with
Everything Rayna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rayna helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rayna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Rayna commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting a person where they are so they can find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find internal motivation for change. Together these approaches let her tailor sessions to parenting concerns, relationship challenges, or grief by matching methods to each person's goals. Finding the right combination is collaborative; she works with clients to decide what feels most useful and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with Rayna uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make regular work easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls are good for in-depth sessions that benefit from face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Text and live chat are useful for ongoing check-ins, brief coaching, or when people want to reflect in writing rather than speak. These options help keep therapy flexible and consistent while focusing on practical changes.
Questions people ask about Rayna
What kinds of concerns does Rayna address?
She works with relationship and family problems, trauma and intimacy issues, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and related struggles listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens carefully, helps set clear goals, and uses practical strategies to test what works.
What is her clinical background?
Rayna holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) with about 10 years of experience in mental health work.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She practices in Maryland and uses the credentials MD and LCSW-C as listed.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Rayna offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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